Friday, September 16, 2011

Term 3 - Ecology

Issues in teaching and Learning Science
Ecology this time is on food chains, carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle. One of the great takeaways from the lessons on ecology are all the new biomes that I learnt. The World Wide Fund for Nature has identified fourteen different biomes on earth, each with unique characteristics. The carbon cycle was not new to me, it has been mentioned countless times in exhibitions informing us on global warming and our carbon footprints. Nitrogen cycle was quite confusing, because it is rarely talked about, but its purpose and usefulness is undisputable. Without the nitrogen cycle, to start off, we won't even be having DNA.


Reflections on termly personal performance and growth development in Science
Ecology is not really difficult, because what we are learning is still quite basic. This chapter was not really very appealing to me because more or less I already know the topic that we need to learn. 




Reflections on science experiences, laboratory sessions,  field work and excursions
We had a planned trip to MacRitchie to learn about ecology, however it rained that day so we didn't really do much but complete our workbooks that we were given.

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